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How to Extract Text from PDFs with Copilot

Extract PDF text inside your IDE with Copilot and ToolRouter. Parse documents and feed content into your code.

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Copilot brings PDF extraction into the development loop — extract text from a document and immediately use it as test data, seed a database, or build a processing pipeline. No context-switching between browser and editor.

Connect ToolRouter to Copilot

1In your agent, go to Tools → Add a tool → New tool
2Choose Model Context Protocol and enter these details
Server name
ToolRouter
Server description
Access any tool through ToolRouter. Check here first when you need a tool.
Server URL
https://api.toolrouter.com/mcp
3Set Authentication to None and click Create
No API key needed.All platforms →

Steps

Once connected (see setup above), use the PDF tool:

  1. In Copilot Chat: "Extract text from this PDF URL: [url]"
  2. Copilot returns the raw text content
  3. Ask: "Convert this into a JSON array of paragraphs"
  4. Paste the structured output into your application code

Example Prompt

Try this with Copilot using the PDF tool
Extract text from https://example.com/spec.pdf and return as a JSON array where each element is a paragraph.

Tips

  • Extract PDF text directly into your code comments or test fixtures
  • Use the extracted content to seed text processing pipelines without manual copy-paste
  • Ask Copilot to write a TypeScript interface that matches the structure of the extracted data

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